Virgo: Relationships and Compatibility
Virgo natives have the reputation of being cool, undemonstrative and even somewhat frigid in their attitude toward love and romance. However, this is rarely the case. Rather, it is the most calm waters which tend have the most
depth. There is a need here to express the deepest emotions in an almost self-sacrificing manner, which is why Virgo subjects will give a great deal of themselves to a cause in which they are interested, or in a way of life which they
feel is the only way. If that way of life should be marriage, then these individuals will be fully dedicated to making the partnership a success. Persons who fall beneath the jurisdiction of this Zodiac Sign can be very withdrawn, particularly
with strangers. Indeed, they only appear warm and loving to those who know them best. Virgo natives require a tranquil partner and a solid foundation for happiness. These are earthbound souls in moral outlook, which does not mean
they have no spiritual side but merely that they are not prone to float or drift. Deeply-rooted in fundamental beliefs, the Virgo subject is unmoved by the more ariel or light-hearted spirits. Those ruled by Virgo will never be flattered by charm
or overcome by acts of show or overwhelmed by admiration for the flashy. These are persons who know what they want...in both love and life...and will pursue their partner of choice with much determination. This is truly a shining nature, generous in unmaterial things while being careful in every other respect. Virgo individuals can only be happy with a mate they believe to be ideal in every way and they are willing to wait until such a person comes along.
The Virgo male is orderly and methodical in his thinking, but not always in his dress. Typically a generous and loyal soul, he may not be overly sympathetic in romantic affairs although he constantly harbors a desire to assist those. Virgo (the maiden)
Location: Zodiac constellation, visible in both Hemispheres
Coordinates:
Right Ascension: 13h
Declination: 0
Source: Associated with almost every major female deity in world-wide early civilizations
VIRGO CONSTELLATION
The story behind the name: The constellations that are included in the Zodiac - the 12 constellations recognized by Babylonian astronomers through which our Sun, moon, and planets appeared to travel during the course of a year - are considered to be among the oldest sky patterns recognized by human civilizations. They were thought to have more significance because they were touched by the Sun. Virgo rose in mid-August when the Zodiac was created by the Greeks and Babylonians so the sign became a marker for the ending of summer and the ripening of the harvest.
Most of the fertility and harvest goddesses of the Mediterranean and Middle East are in some way associated with Virgo but there is no one definitive myth that defines this pattern. The pattern is pictured as a female, often holding a spike of grain in one hand. Virgo is the second largest constellation in the sky after Hydra, and the Sun spends a long time within its boundaries. The Sun is still within Virgo at the autumnal equinox, another point significant to ancient harvest and fertility rituals. These associations can be seen in the names of some of Virgo's main stars: Spica (spike of grain) and Vindemiatrix (wine gatherer).
Virgo
Johannes Hevelius' Virgo from Uranographia (1690)
Sometimes Virgo is holding a staff, a caduceus (the snake-entwined staff that symbolizes healing, rebirth, or oracle prophecy), or a scale in her other hand. These other symbols are associated with additional goddesses who symbolize justice or wisdom or prophecy. Many of the goddesses linked to Virgo are associated with stories in which a king or male god dies (symbolizing the coming of winter) and is reborn again in the spring, or in which the goddess enters the underworld tohttp://www.freehoroscopesastrology.com/